Category Archives: Judaism

Teaching Kashrut to Potential Converts to Judaism

Posted on January 15, 2007 by

For a class I had to “Describe an exercise that could be used as an “Attention activity” in a classroom situation. Describe the topic and target audience in the subject line for example “Teaching Boolean Logic for elementary students”; and … Continue reading →

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A very Jewish evening

Posted on January 7, 2005 by

The local Chabad rabbi had a Cafe Kosher going on for a while every Thursday night. I have been wanting to go, but it felt uncomfortable. I probably have some prejudices, or at least preconceived ideas about Chabad in general, … Continue reading →

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Chanukkah

Posted on December 4, 2004 by

A dear Muslim friend sent the first Chanukkah Greetings of the year:”along with the increasing light of the Chanukkah candles, light and peace will increase in the world. ”

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Anti-reading

Posted on November 21, 2004 by

A few weeks ago I was asked to read a poem in English from the liturgy during the Erev Shabbat (Friday night) service. I felt honored and was happy to oblige. Yesterday it turned out differently. I was asked to … Continue reading →

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Saharit

Posted on November 16, 2004 by

Ma reggel elmentem istentiszteletre. Nagyon reg nem voltam sima, hetkoznap reggel ilyenen. Utoljara par alkalommal 1991-92-ben Londonban. Szokasom szerint a Hillelbe mentem, mas zsido helyre nem nagyon jarok. Itt minden kedd reggel osszegyul nehany ember; ha szerencsejuk van akkor tizen … Continue reading →

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Torah Study

Posted on October 25, 2004 by

I just got home from my first formal Torah study in years. One of the first things that I inquired about at Hillel, when I got into town is whether they have Torah study group. At the time they didn?t … Continue reading →

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